FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Corporate Communications 214/854-3190   BLOCKBUSTER® MUSIC STORES ISSUE POP QUIZ DALLAS, April 16, 1998 - What was the title of Pearl Jam's first release? What city in Arkansas did Collin Raye sing about on his Extremes album? Which of the following movies' soundtracks does not include a song by Celine Dion? -- "Beauty and The Beast," "Jerry Maguire," "Up Close and Personal" or "Titanic." These are just a few of the questions in Blockbuster Music Stores Trivia Scratch and Win Game that began April 7 and runs through May 11. Approximately 400 participating Blockbuster Music stores will distribute millions of game cards offering a chance to win almost four million prizes including the Grand Prize of a 1999 Mazda Miata convertible. Customers can pick up a gamecard that contains a trivia question and a selection of answers at their neighborhood Blockbuster Music store. Every card entitles the customer to a prize if the correct answer is selected. The customer selects the answer by scratching off the silver covering next to one of the answers on the card. The prize for that gamecard is listed under the scratch-off covering labeled "Prize." Prizes include: … One Grand Prize -- a 1999 Mazda Miata convertible … 100 First Prizes - each consisting of Autographed, framed posters of either Aerosmith, Will Smith, Garth Brooks, Elton John or Van Halen. … 1,000 Second Prizes - each consisting of one pair of KOSS professonal studio stereophones … 3,893,699 Third Prizes - each consisting of one 20-oz. bottle of Coca-Cola Classic (redeemable instantly at participating Blockbuster Music stores) … Fourth Prizes -- $1 off at participating Blockbuster Music stores (redeemable instantly at participating stores) Questions are designed to appeal to all age groups and are taken from every category of music from Master P to Garth Brooks and the Rolling Stones to Celine Dion. Most answers can be found in the Blockbuster Music stores. Game-related in-store displays will be devoted specifically to artists included in trivia questions to assist customers in finding the answers. For example, the answer to the question "Who has produced all three of Patty Loveless' Epic Records albums?" can be found in the store on her CD jackets. Complete rules, approximate retail values and odds are available at participating Blockbuster Music stores or by sending a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Blockbuster Music Trivia Game Rules, P.O. Box 780, Tenafly, NJ 07670. Blockbuster Entertainment operates approximately 400 Blockbuster Music and 6,000 Blockbuster Video neighborhood entertainment stores in the United States, its territories and 26 other countries and may be accessed internationally at www.blockbuster.com. Blockbuster is a unit of Viacom Inc., one of the world's largest entertainment and publishing companies and a leading force in nearly every segment of the international media marketplace. [Answers: Pearl Jam's first release was "Ten." Collin Raye sang about Little Rock on his "Extremes" album. Celine Dion did not sing a song as part of the "Jerry Maguire" soundtrack. And Patty Loveless' husband, Emory Gordy, Jr. produced all three of her Epic Records albums.] ### |  Current Releases   |  Archives   | BLOCKBUSTER name, design and related marks are trademarks of Blockbuster Entertainment Inc. © 1998 Blockbuster Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.